So I had the Verizon Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean and today I sold my nexus and bought the SIII. I never realized how much software matters over hardware! Sure the SIII has more ram and a slightly better camera but I will tell you while I miss my nexus!!!!!
1. Stock OS - I hate the fact why on my SIII I cant organize my apps into other app folders. I feel like I am running android 2.4 and not 4.04!
2. Jelly Bean- I love project butter (even though the Siii is still smooth) and I way prefer googles voice assistant alot more
3. Build- I think I am one of the few that prefer the the size and material of the nexus. Even though the nexus is close in size, I still feel the
S3 is just too big. Not to mention I prefer the rubberized feel on the nexus.
4. On screen menu keys. Just have not got used to the S3 and dont know if I ever will.
5. Ability to swap roms. Being that verizon has a locked bootloader on the S3 and there are no working Jelly bean roms, I feel by the time
Verizon upgrades to Jelly Bean I will be counting down the days till the Galaxy Nexus 4 comes out!!!!
*****Thinking about selling my S3, but dont want to waste an upgrade on a new phone so just may give it to family and buy my nexus back***
Bottom line.... I miss my nexus
That's why I did not buy it
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Surely you knew about the locked bootloader brfore buying it? -.-
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Blasphemer! You have now learned what many of us have known for quite some time…
oh thanks for this thread. I was thinking of switching... guess I'm just gonna keep my Galaxy Nexus
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Size does not always matter, young grasshopper.
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kyokeun1234 said:
oh thanks for this thread. I was thinking of switching... guess I'm just gonna keep my Galaxy Nexus
Dont do it!!!! Glad I could help
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Size does not always matter, young grasshopper.
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Cyanogenmod will solve your issues. Its quite a good rom which brings all the goodness of pure andoid builds to non-nexus devices.
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Cyanogenmod will solve your issues. Its quite a good rom which brings all the goodness of pure andoid builds to non-nexus devices.
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Can I flash it on a verizon s3 ??
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Can I flash it on a verizon s3 ??
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If its not in the Verizon GS3 section then no. And it will be a while until CM9 fully works in that phone... which is why I love my gnex.
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Same boat had the s3 for about 3 days and decided to go to the nexus the battery sucks on this phone but with the gs3 I felt lime it was a broken phone waiting to happen.. gnex feel a lot more solid and feels smooth software wise...
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Unfortunately cyanogen mod in other phones will always have quirky bugs due to Samsung proprietary blobs..
I had the s2 since 2 weeks ago with cm9 and it still had lingering issues (wacky compass which affected gps, no tvout, volume not returning to normal after notifications with headset)
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Can I flash it on a verizon s3 ??
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It doesn't work properly on Verizon phones yet but progress is being made.
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It doesn't work properly on Verizon phones yet but progress is being made.
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I havent checked the forums in a few days but i mean cant we not flash roms on the verizon SIII because of the locked bootloader?
Glad I was able to choose my Nexus over the siii. I'm glad I didn't have to make the mistake before hand. Google FTW!
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even though you can slap a cyanogen onto a non-nexus device, it will took longer than on nexus. On Nexus, Google update new version, the longest you have to wait is one week before a build is surfacing. But nowadays our dev are super so it only took few hours lolz, and with pretty much everything working most importantly.
With non-nexus, NO~~ it took ages to wait for this driver, that source code wtf wtf bla bla bla~~ I've been there with SGS2 and One X, regretted my choice. and you cant enjoy the true feeling of AOSP too. you'll notice you need TW or Sense for a better hardware experience like the camera, etc etc.
oh as asdfasd2 said, yes i agree. Samsung does sucks with their source codes. CM was long enough on SGS2 and still, after they release the codes, devs are having headaches fixing what were supposed to be fixed. Luckily Nexus S and Gnexus are handled by Google, not them.
i must confess i was feeling a little tempted myself but ever since the nexus 7 release i cant take the damn table off my mind just waiting a couple of weeks to see if a nexus 10 is gonna be release but i cant wait a lo more
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i must confess i was feeling a little tempted myself but ever since the nexus 7 release i cant take the damn table off my mind just waiting a couple of weeks to see if a nexus 10 is gonna be release but i cant wait a lo more
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We will be lucky if a nexus 10 comes out in a couple months.
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Hey I know this should be in Development Forum but I'm not allowed to post there yet, was wondering if it would be possible for a Dev to make a ROM to run Cupcake/Doughnut/Eclair on the GNexus?
Obviously not for a daily driver but for simple curiosity to its possibility and its speed. I imagine that on such a powerful device such a simple OS would run blazingly fast.
Feel free to repost this in the right forum, actually please do.
AJ
Q: Why the hell would you want to do that ? :| You want fast ? Try a 4.0.3 ROM and that's it. End of story.
I wouldn't use it daily, I just never got to use the old android versions and I think it would be a cool gimmick. If the G1 can run ICS why can't the Nexus run Cupcake?
I'm currently running the AOKP (Kang Project), I'd say its the best ICS ROM I've come across
Why would you ever want to do this? it would be equivalent to taking your PC and putting windows 95 on it.....Why would you. 4.0.3 ICS works fine, it doesn't slow the phone down any, downgrading to an older OS isn't going to show you some amazing massive speed increase.
While it may be possible, I think you can assume from the tenor of the responses so far that it isn't too likely that you'll find a lot of people interested in investing the time to make it happen.
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Dude just go buy a g1..actually I have one laying around, how bout we trade? U can have all the donut u want.
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ajrennie_GNex12 said:
I wouldn't use it daily, I just never got to use the old android versions and I think it would be a cool gimmick. If the G1 can run ICS why can't the Nexus run Cupcake?
I'm currently running the AOKP (Kang Project), I'd say its the best ICS ROM I've come across
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Such a cool gimmick sounds like such a cool hobby, eh? I guess while we are making dumb requests, and nobody can top yours, can somebody put ps/2 or s40 on a blackberry with purple stickers for me? Thank you. I love you long time.
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Only problem I can imagine is that the galaxy nexus doesn't have any buttons, sooooo good luck operating it.
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Only problem I can imagine is that the galaxy nexus doesn't have any buttons, sooooo good luck operating it.
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Or drivers. Or kernels. Or support. Or donations. Or public interest.
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Only problem I can imagine is that the galaxy nexus doesn't have any buttons, sooooo good luck operating it.
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This may be the only constructive reply here, thank you. I just wondered if it would be possible or if anyone else was curious enough to try it. Never mine, I'm holding out for a sense ROM, again not a daily driver just a time to time use thing
as ittekaimus said, you'd be unable to run those.
all those versions of android required physical buttons, so you won't have home, back, or menu unless you added softkeys, would would basically require a rewrite of the original code. and no one is going to do it.
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ajrennie_GNex12 said:
This may be the only constructive reply here, thank you. I just wondered if it would be possible or if anyone else was curious enough to try it. Never mine, I'm holding out for a sense ROM, again not a daily driver just a time to time use thing
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Wow. You dont have any interest in your request, and then you butterfly off into I'm gonna wait for sense even though there isn't any. Sense roms. Sense roms. Lol.
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Just to correct the OP this should NOT be in the development section. Now you know why you can't post there yet.
Btw if you bought a Samsung looking for a HTC rom... good luck. Most likely won't happen
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While it may be possible, I think you can assume from the tenor of the responses so far that it isn't too likely that you'll find a lot of people interested in investing the time to make it happen.
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this too. Thanks
Sense ROM? Buttscratcher!
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guys, you realize you're just feeding a troll?
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Give the man a break...if you scared to try and do it...say your scared....he just asked if it could be done...damn
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Sense ROM? Buttscratcher!
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Lol I actually like Sense and I hoped for a Sense rom in the future. I came from an HTC Thunderbolt so I loved Sense 3.5 but I love ICS even more lol when I had a Nexus One there were a few Sense roms. Hopefully there might be one in the future
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Give the man a break...if you scared to try and do it...say your scared....he just asked if it could be done...damn
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well if I recall this has been asked a few times now...I just dont understand the mentality of buying a gnex to take 5 steps back. You dont go and trade your car in for a vehicle thats 10yrs older do you?
How about some gingerbread on the GNEX
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How about some gingerbread on the GNEX
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Would be a hard sell to a dev.
Essentially you would be asking "Can you waste your time porting an older OS to my phone that not many people will use, will provide no real benefits, and will require back porting drivers?"
Now if it did come out it would be cool (choices are nice) but I four it will come out.
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Here you go buddy
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Essentially you would be asking "Can you waste your time porting an older OS to my phone that not many people will use, will provide no real benefits, and will require back porting drivers?"
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The dev would also have to create some software buttons, as they're not present in gingerbread.
Would be cool though. Some people may prefer pre-ICS.
Lol...go buy a an older nexus
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The dev would also have to create some software buttons, as they're not present in gingerbread.
Would be cool though. Some people may prefer pre-ICS.
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LMT
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Buy a Nexus S. This is a stupid idea, which has been discussed before when the GNex came out.
Forget Gingerbread. It's all about Cupcake!
i sorta agree. cause right now, the miui 2.3.7 on my nexus s simply smokes miui v4 on the gnex
but still, newer the better. hope they get all the bugs sorted out from v4 soon
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How about some gingerbread on the GNEX
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That would require 1.21 Gigawatts.
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It's just for fun, isn't it? I've thought of that before.
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Yes just fun.
I sometimes wonder if maybe ics is what slows down this amazing phone.
I also wonder (cause many people compare the gnex with the s2 and say s2 is faster) I know the processors are a difference but not that huge of a difference so I wonder if gingerbread is what's keeping the s2 faster for or noticeably faster then the gnex with pics I wonder if ics will slow down the s2 as well. Idk just thoughts just fun.
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Yes just fun.
I sometimes wonder if maybe ics is what slows down this amazing phone.
I also wonder (cause many people compare the gnex with the s2 and say s2 is faster) I know the processors are a difference but not that huge of a difference so I wonder if gingerbread is what's keeping the s2 faster for or noticeably faster then the gnex with pics I wonder if ics will slow down the s2 as well. Idk just thoughts just fun.
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ICS slowing down the GN? what?
Gingerbread isn't even optimized for multi-core phones.
gnexus has to run faster with ics.
I believe ics is made for the galaxy nexus. to this specific device. therefore ics should definitely be faster.
putting gingerbread on this would be hard cause we only have on-screen buttons.
and you don't see people putting 2.2(froyo) or 2.1 or even below 1.6 on
devices like gsII. razr. rezound.
why put gingerbread on gnex? it would just be cool but not useful in anyway
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gnexus has to run faster with ics.
I believe ics is made for the galaxy nexus. to this specific device. therefore ics should definitely be faster.
putting gingerbread on this would be hard cause we only have on-screen buttons.
and you don't see people putting 2.2(froyo) or 2.1 or even below 1.6 on
devices like gsII. razr. rezound.
why put gingerbread on gnex? it would just be cool but not useful in anyway
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so many wrong parts in this post, at least the last sentence is correct..
Lol, actually no, it won't be cool..
As for the op, take a look at his thread history, enough said.
Eff that....I'll take cupcake!
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So everyone that has an android phone is itching to get ICS. And you want to backwards
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That would require 1.21 Gigawatts.
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and a DeLorean.
more seriously, what benefit can be "introduced" into the Gnex with Gingerbread?
i can't see the point
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here you go buddy
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loool this is too funny
How about not?
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I just got the Galaxy S 3 but all I seem to do is come to this forum.. I'm going to miss you guys.. It was a good 7 months.. All the best
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Group hug!
Just bought the nexus today and love it!
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I gave the nexus to my brother.. So it's still within my grasp.. I'm more excited about the jelly bean update for the nexus than I am with my Galaxy S 3.. I can't wait for the next Nexus
I love nexus phones.. But due to the drastic hardware improvements to new phones, it kind of seems outdated to have a 7 months old phone.. I have to admit Samsung did a good job with the S 3.. More optimized than the One X.
Not as clean as stock though
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The hardware on the nexus is outdated?
Can u name one thing that can run on S3 and can't on the nexus?
Ahmato27 said:
I gave the nexus to my brother.. So it's still within my grasp.. I'm more excited about the jelly bean update for the nexus than I am with my Galaxy S 3.. I can't wait for the next Nexus
I love nexus phones.. But due to the drastic hardware improvements to new phones, it kind of seems outdated to have a 7 months old phone.. I have to admit Samsung did a good job with the S 3.. More optimized than the One X.
Not as clean as stock though
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The SGS series of phones have good development teams, I am sure your be back to vanilla before too long.
Group spooning go!
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Group spooning go!
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Dibs on top/big spoon!
Googling 'group spooning' was such a bad idea.. Well at least now I know what it is.. Let's go!
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I thought I was crazy getting a phone a year, every 6 months? The Gnex is not outdated at all. Good proc, enough RAM, LTE (vrz only), 720p screen, latestest android. Apart from the battery being a bit small compared to that new moto phone its still top of the line.
S3 is ugly, ugly UI, similar screen but way more expensive.
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I thought I was crazy getting a phone a year, every 6 months? The Gnex is not outdated at all. Good proc, enough RAM, LTE (vrz only), 720p screen, latestest android. Apart from the battery being a bit small compared to that new moto phone its still top of the line.
S3 is ugly, ugly UI, similar screen but way more expensive.
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From a person that hated touchwiz.. Surprisingly and honestly its not too bad.. It's not like the S2, it's much more fluid and optimized.
Besides I got it for free, so I can't complain. 6 months was probably the longest I've had a single device.. Before the GNex I had the Iphone 4s for a month, before that the Sensation XE for a month, before that the N9 for a month and before that the Nexus S for 6 months..
But I'll probably keep the S3 until the Next Nexus
I love Nexus Devices the most, but I wouldn't mind an upgrade every now and then..
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Just traded my Rezound for cash to buy the Nexus today with an upgrade, fantastic so far.
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Well. Sad to see you go. Perhaps all of us will meet again in the new Nexus phone forum cause I'm planning on getting it!
Out of all xda forums, I've had the most friendly experience in this forum.. I would like to thank everyone for being nice.. And we shall definitely meet again in the Next Nexus forum
As for now..
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r3awak3n said:
I thought I was crazy getting a phone a year, every 6 months? The Gnex is not outdated at all. Good proc, enough RAM, LTE (vrz only), 720p screen, latestest android. Apart from the battery being a bit small compared to that new moto phone its STILL TOP OF THE LINE.
S3 IS UGLY, UGLY UI, SIMILAR SCREEN BUT WAY MORE EXPENSIVE.
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A)The gnex wasn't top of the line when it was released and it isn't top of the line now either (I have one and love it, I have nexus s too). Its still a great device.
B) The S3 looks ugly in ads, but once you get one and see it in person it looks A LOT better. Beautifully styled. (I have one)
C) Touchwiz Nature UX is actually pretty good looking, I HATED touchwiz on the S2 but this is a huge improvement.
I lasted two weeks before I finally decided to use Nova launcher due to TW being a ram hog.
D) The screens might both share the same name (super amoled HD) but they are nothing alike, Samsung obviously kept the good panels for the S3 or else refined the process some more because the gnex screen doesn't come close to the screen on the S3.
No on screen buttons (good and bad) means more screen real estate and the screen is 4.8" and its quite a big difference with the phones aide by side.
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And also just the fact that Galaxy Nexus General forum is categorized as forum 1337 (= leet = elite = boss) makes it badass in itself.
Totally agree
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Ahmato27 said:
I gave the nexus to my brother.. So it's still within my grasp.. I'm more excited about the jelly bean update for the nexus than I am with my Galaxy S 3.. I can't wait for the next Nexus
I love nexus phones.. But due to the drastic hardware improvements to new phones, it kind of seems outdated to have a 7 months old phone.. I have to admit Samsung did a good job with the S 3.. More optimized than the One X.
Not as clean as stock though
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Me too, will b buying a phone for my brother, probably s3 and still confused which one to give him. Will wait for the jelly bean announcement and will decide.
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Me too, will b buying a phone for my brother, probably s3 and still confused which one to give him. Will wait for the jelly bean announcement and will decide.
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Honest opinion.. I've used both and I really think Samsung did a good job with the S 3.. Far better than the One X which I have also used. I recommend the S 3.. But the GNex is not a bad device and in the end, it's your choice
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I just order a new galaxy nexus from Verizon and should have it Wednesday. I have a Droid 3 right now and compared to the G-NEX, there is an over flow of roms, mods, kernels, tutorials and so on for the nexus.
What I am getting at is, where do you all believe I should begin, as far as roms and kernels?
Thanks for all the input.
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Your experience with the Nexus will be amazing. BUT it'll be even better once you flash Android 4.1.1 jelly bean, that's a promise.
Yeah I had an alpha build of jelly bean on my Droid 3 but it wasn't that great(no data/voice, camera, etc.).
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I would just go for an AKOP rom first until you get the feel of the phone and development. This phone is great, you won't be disappointed
im running on a GNEX Andro 4.1.1
and everthing is so much better than the crap with htc sense or others.
真的是一款很不错的手机，我现在OTA到4.1.1，非常喜欢它的屏幕，你不会失望。
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I say begin with a stock, rooted, and deodexed JB ROM to start. You know, to get the feel of JB.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1860817
Then once you're accustomed to it, I personally recommend BAMF Paradigm ( current version: 2.3.1)
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First off, congratulations on buying the best looking smartphone still currently out there 2nd take your time exploring. stock jellybean is no slouch if you got a yakju Nexus and getting the 4.1.1 update OTA straight from Google. if you want/need more goodness I can suggest the vanilla rootbox ROMs.
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Lol Verizon gnex blows
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You are a very wise man!
today I realized how easy nexus phones are with rooting, returning it to the factory state and that ****..
my friend his galaxy s2 was in a bootloop, couldnt access cwm, needed to flash the stock firmware via odin.. and how the fck did i needed to know which firmware to choose. so many regions and ****... so I flashed the stock rom, needed to root again, flash cwm again... just a clear headache.
if this situation happened on a gnex, i could have fixed it in 5 minutes instead of 5 hours.
man you will love how easy things are on a NEXUS. just awesome! :good:
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真的是一款很不错的手机，我现在OTA到4.1.1，非常喜欢它的屏幕，你不会失望。
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You will love it.
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I rocked the stock software for a week, then unlocked, rooted and installed clockwork recovery via GNEX toolkit and loaded up BAMF Paradigm Jelly Bean. Couldn't be happier.
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The G-Nex comes in today, around 430.
I'm so excited that I took the entire day off just for it.(plus to owning your own company.)
Any last thoughts/ideas for my G-Nex before it comes in? Any ideas help!
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TheNolandNailer said:
The G-Nex comes in today, around 430.
I'm so excited that I took the entire day off just for it.(plus to owning your own company.)
Any last thoughts/ideas for my G-Nex before it comes in? Any ideas help!
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Have you built your marble pedestal / shrine yet?
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Have you built your marble pedestal / shrine yet?
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If you are being funny, then haha.
If your being serious, the yes i have! XD
Its an amazing phone. Recommended. It feels so good in your hand , the curve makes it a sexy phone.If coming from a phone with menu buttons you'll be HOW DO I USE THIS BABY!?. but you'll get used to it, in 1 day you'll be used to the Soft keys. Best part is ... CUSTOMIZABLE SOFT KEYS!!! WOOOOOO!!!
I recommend Team Bamf. Its stable and fast and nice. but if you are a person that doesn't care about bugs and just cares about the amount of features I recommend a Nightly. They aren't buggy but may have a few quirks here and there. Jellybro is the best CM10 rom out there in my opinion.
Don't be a dumbsh*t like me and hold the phone upside down the first time you get it.
You should have seen how exited I was coming from a stratosphere, I felt like Ralphie, from the movie A Christmas Story.... lol
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Yeah right now I have a droid 3 and its a great phone. The developers over there are rally having problems though and I like having the big choice of roms, kernels, over clocking!!! Lol
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snowman110011 said:
You should have seen how exited I was coming from a stratosphere, I felt like Ralphie, from the movie A Christmas Story.... lol
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I just traded in my stratosphere for a gnex yesterday. I've been lusting after a pure Google phone since the g1 but never got my hands on one. This device is amazing. In fact I'm about to flash stock jb right now.
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Traded my S3 today after a week with it and went back to my gnex. I find its actually a lot smoother and quicker than the S3, have you guys who have used both noticed the same thing?
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Yeah when it's on touchwiz it's slower. On AOSP Jellybean the S3 is faster.
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On touchwiz yes but the s3 screams on an aosp ROM.
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Same here
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Wasn't interested in going back to custom Roms.
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My S3 is super fast on PA 2.16. I went from my nexus to the S3 and I noticed the speed difference. Plus better data speeds
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stacio88 said:
My S3 is super fast on PA 2.16. I went from my nexus to the S3 and I noticed the speed difference. Plus better data speeds
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good for you.
stacio88 said:
My S3 is super fast on PA 2.16. I went from my nexus to the S3 and I noticed the speed difference. Plus better data speeds
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The camera and the data speeds are the only thing I like about my s3
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How r u getting 14??? I get like 25mbps. At my friend's house I get like 37-40. got the VZW one btw.
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That's good?
20+ with only 2 bars on my Gnex.
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Dragn4rce said:
How r u getting 14??? I get like 25mbps. At my friend's house I get like 37-40. got the VZW one btw.
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That's on hspa+...
Using the SGS 3 in store I was surprised at how slow it is.
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MikeyMike01 said:
Using the SGS 3 in store I was surprised at how slow it is.
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To be fair, devices in stores for demonstration are laggy for the most part. The Galaxy Nexus as well, it's not a proper way of "demoing" the phone.
It depends on what model you actually have. If its the quad s3(international i9300) you made a worst decision of your life and to sum it all up Almost all the famous devs are there.
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Happy with my GNexus. Played with an S3 and didn't like the feel, or the physical buttons. Plus you can't beat stock ROM even if there are ways to get AOSP on the S3 it's not the same.
bendirkss said:
Traded my S3 today after a week with it and went back to my gnex. I find its actually a lot smoother and quicker than the S3, have you guys who have used both noticed the same thing?
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Both of my roommates have SGS3s - one is stock TouchWiz and the other is on CM10 and I'm very unimpressed. I won't be trading in my gnex any time soon.
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I prefer the gnexus cause is pure google.
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I prefer the gnexus cause is pure google.
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This. Had the choice to get a nexus or s3 coming from an s2 wanted something different. Very happy!
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Same experience here. Thoroughly tested the S3 already and the GNex definitely feels smoother and gives an overall beter user experience.
And as said before not everyone who buys an android smartphone can be assed rooting their phone, flashing roms, backupping everytime. It's very nice that it's possible to do with android but it should not be an obligation whilst buying a smartphone.. It should work perfect out of the box, and that's exactly what the GNex does and any other android phone manufacturer fails to do.
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Same experience here. Thoroughly tested the S3 already and the GNex definitely feels smoother and gives an overall beter user experience.
And as said before not everyone who buys an android smartphone can be assed rooting their phone, flashing roms, backupping everytime. It's very nice that it's possible to do with android but it should not be an obligation whilst buying a smartphone.. It should work perfect out of the box, and that's exactly what the GNex does and any other android phone manufacturer fails to do.
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Bingo.
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